The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-13
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Pulitzer Howard Fight-Journalistic
pcrsonais--A Zig Bridgc-Donn Piatts
metropolitan Jottings.
Especial Correspondence

hCinous the ridiculing editors make Howard |
out a very old man, which fancy the Juvenile |
and iaunty Joseph will he very certain TO resent
as he is not lost TO the beauty of his person, the
comclincss OF his face, and the agility of his |
limbs ! suppose your readers have seen about |
all they care to know about nn affair of no |
moment or significance, hut the plain truth |
seems to I've that Mr. Pulitzer. who Is evidently |
little autocratic in his own ONCE, changed the |
order of one of his suboriinatcs sending How
ard to Montreal aud Howard was insubord- |
nate, was dismissed from the Worlds service, |
grew insulting and was promptly knocked
down, but moi dragged out. Howardi is pleas
ant and agreeable companion at most times,
hut under certain onditions-when hc has been
carving his elbow ON a level with his right ear
and mouth-hc Is very insulting 10 his friends
aud their friends, especially to his own friends.
Some of the papers say thai Howard's dismissal
was prcmcdiatcd and had been forcshadowed
hy the reduction of his pay from $50 week to
500 and then TO Sl2 per column. The last
part Of the story is all nonsense. The World does
not pay any such ridiculous rates To writers Of
prominence, and Howard would not accept the
rate named. Within the year Howard has re
ccivcd 5000 for writing single article of
three and half columns Of the World; and, AS
| have stated before, think, his income from
his pen last year was fully S3OOO To earn
this he keeps half dozen ladies' as stcnogrn-
pliers, and has library of his own information,
so arranged and indcNed that he can call up
"reminiscences Mt q moments notice and write
them up for the later generations of to-day.
Mr.. Pulitzer does not seem to he very popular
with some Of his contributors, like Howard,
"Nim Crnklc," and one or two others. but
they make no allowance for the fact that Mr..
Pulitzer Is naturally nervous and impulsivc,
and that he is at the head Of business which
demands his every moment, thought, aud Ell
ergy. About the only enthusiastic subordinate
Mr.. Pulitzer has about him from whom have
heard expressions regarding his abilities and
personal traits is Col. John a. Cockrell. his
managing editor, whom everybody who knows
/ nothing about the matter insists he has quar-
relied with
Speaking of newspaper wars and rapier
thrusts of the sun. | am reminded OF Il recent
experience of my friend. w. {. CrofTut, of the
Washington Post. On the death Of Mr. Will
liam H. Vanderbilt he issued book about the
Nanderbilts generally through Beford, Clarke
Il Co., of this city, and told Mr.. Belfori that he
was sure to get splendid notice in the Siu,, for
| its editor was personal friend of his. AT last
the repeated requests for notice brought out a
siN-linc agate paragraph announcing the publi-
| cation hut without criticism of any sort. Mr.
| Crofrui fastened to MIR. Dana personally. and
! protested that this was not fair treatment
Not satisfied, ell o. said Mr. Dana. NO. sir:
as a fellow journalist | ought to have other
! treatment replied Croirut "Wcll, I'll give
| You an editorial tomorrow: will that be salts
factory Croffut went away delighted aud
told his FREUD Belford to look out for the cdito-
rial. He got Il. II was a most sarcastic article
| on the folly of a writer publishing such a worth
| less book, and then not being satisfied when n
friendly journalist failed TO point out its demer-
! its,
| have seen II letter written within u few days
from one publishing house to another stating
very authoritatively that the Sup's defense Of
Stinton from Gen. McClellan'. attack had vir-
tually killed the sale OF ''McClelans Own
Story" There were three or four articles, evi-
IDENTIFY from Dana's own pen, and they were
certainly very severe and sarcastic against Nc
Clellun.
| was told to-day by an ex-uflicial whom
know to lie very close to the authorities al
police headquarters that there have been dali,
since the 'longshoremen' strike begun from
half dozen to half score Of assaults upor
suspected "scabs" which almost approached
murder in their brutality and which have
not been reported by the police. The victims
are carried off to the nearest hospital and eithei
die or recover unreported. while their assailantI
escape because of the fear of the policemen
who are powerless TO resist, to say nothing o.
suppressing such sudden assaults
Mr.. Sidney Woollett has been giving here
series of recitals of classical plays and poems
which have attracted more than usual notice
and almost wholly. am told, by their merit.
have heard none of them, but Mr. Georg,
Edgar. himself an elocutionist and actor of tn,
highest order, tells me that Mr.. Woollett'
readings are thoroughly artistic and poetic. II
does not pretend TO be an actor of each part IL
ciently indicates the characteristics of each o
the drumdtiS persona to leave the listener Wit
has any imagination at all basis for filling on
the picture. Mr.. WOollett is picturesque sor
of person. and can conceive that his manne
in addition to his personal appearance would b
, captivating. He gives great many readings il
private houses. and, am told, earns yer
large income in this way. His success here ha
been so marked that he begins another serie
during Lent, beginning March 10, and tn
readings will have a peculiarly 'dim religion
! light about them.
Mr.. MantOn Marbles presence at Washington
7. n short time ago has revived the report that h
e Is likely to succeed Mr.. Manning a. Secretary a
:, the Treasury. | intmacd some time ago tina
I this was possibility, although there was som
h opposition to it.
: / hear that Mr.. William l.. Scott does no
: cansider even the possibility of his own appoint
: ment As Secretary of the Treasury, although n
! one time this looked very probable He is
h large stakeholder in the new bank which Nj
: Manning has organized, and of which he IL pres
I ident.
\ few days ago, in room No. | of the Asto
House, which all the journalists who visit Ne,
: York become acquainted with IN some myst,
- riOus manner, heard Rollin VI. Squire the lat
F poetic Commissioner of Public Works, who
e under indictment for conspiracy with Hubert {
u Thompson Il ai., declare to Mr. William
Brown, publisher Of the Ercnhg Nc,cs, that ne
only would he be acquitted on his trial, but tha
a he would be restored 10 the Office from whic
:, he was removed at the time of his indictment
:, Squire, To all appearances, is in 'harl lines.
n His wardrobe needs rcplcnishng. His chee
does not.
get great many letters Of inquiry as To I'll
adyisability of coming To New York at tn
time for employment Almost everybody seen
= to suppose that because strike is in progre'
here that there is plenty of room for new
comcrs; yet ! venture TO say that out of hui
dred inquiries that have received during II
= past week As to the advisability Of seeking en-
j. plOymcnt in New York not two come frOl
y men who are willing 10 do manual labor Of Il
severe sort which coal-handlcrs have To pc
form. will say that New York is Just abol
y, the worst place for anybody to come to iu
~ now in quest Of work. Men of education
f. skilled In bookkeeping. tyyc-wriiing, and stel
- OgraphiC work, can he hired in the city Of Ne
IT York for what was considered few years al
= as woman's wages-about half rates The ci,
is oycr-crowded with this class Of people: an
n for laborlng men, you can pick up $1,000 id
-s fellows IN the parks Of New York any da
Il, most Of whom don't want To work, hut won
Ia do II II compelled.
ir find the only anxiety existing among RAJ
road men in New York City as to appointment
on the Interstate Commerce Commission
= based upon the fear that the President will n
point men who have been prominently identt
with some particular road. OF course he won
never think of appointing any man at prese
connected with any particular linc but many
st the men who are applicants for these impOria
III al one time with extensive limo. of railroad.
rt is held as a rule among railroad men that a mi
nl once the servant of railroad always renal
Nc that roads servant, and that he cannot separa
n himself from the influences which that road m
have had upon him properly or niproperl
Railroad men here think that If there Is any %
~ commission which should he of u thorough
y" Judicial character, and without Ne slightest co
u nrcton with railroad enterprises, II ought To
M the Board of Interstate Commerce Comm
r. toners.
rs ! am going tomorrow iU visit rhc site of I
A. Poughkccpsic bridge-ur rather, where /
~ Poughkcepsir bridge is being buit-for I
purpose of giving your readers an idea Of one
At. the most siupendous engineering works u,
nm heard nf. This bridge across the Hudson
ia over four miles in length, aud is not only
M magnificent but picturesque structure,
,'' effect upon the transportation now carried
'N through New York viii he something mary
Olls,
ny ! have been greatly amused at reading
m programme Of The grand ball 10 be given at
re, lcNngton-ayeuur Opera House by-whom
~, YOU suppose The barkccper's Of The IIOffm
ir House This is their second annual ball, ant
L. am told that these men who figure around II
now famous centre for club men, sporting IN
and u1f t.tt Ia La